A special tribunal here today set November 11
to pronounce judgement in a case lodged over alleged rape of two private
university students in hotel “The Raintree Dhaka” in the capital’s Banani
area in 2017.
Today was fixed for pronouncing the judgement, but Judge Mosammat
Kamrunnahar of Dhaka seventh Women and Children Repression Prevention
Tribunal reset the date as the proceedings of the court was suspended in the
honour of eminent lawyer Advocate Abdul Baset Majumder, who died this
morning.
Earlier on October 12, the tribunal had deferred till today the
pronouncement of judgement as the regular judge Mosammat Kamrunnahar was on
leave due to her illness.
Twenty-two out of total 47 witnesses have testified in the case and were
later cross-examined by the defence.
The horrific crime allegedly committed by Safat Ahmed, son of Apan
Jewelers owner Dildar Ahmed, and his friends Naim Ashraf and Sadman Sakif,
raping the two girls on March 28, 2017, bringing them to that hotel for
joining a birthday party.
A victim filed the case on May 6, 2017, with Banani Police Station.
Investigation officer Inspector Ismat Ara Emmy on June 7, 2017, filed a
charge-sheet against five accused in the case. The accused are– Safat Ahmed,
Naim Ashraf, Sadman Sakif, Safat’s bodyguard Rahmat Ali and driver Billal
Hossain.
The tribunal on June 19, 2017, accepted the charge-sheet and on July 13,
2017, framed charges against the accused.
Source: Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha (BSS)